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York celebrates Markham Campus construction milestone and major gift

Feb 5, 2023

A milestone event at the Markham Campus was marked with a ceremonial signing of the final structural beam and a $5-million donation from Metropia.

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Announcement of retirement of the dean of York University Libraries

Feb 5, 2023

‘Ghostly’ neutrinos provide new path to study protons

Feb 3, 2023

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LATEST NEWS

New task force on future of pedagogy seeking participants

Feb 3, 2023

The Senate Academic Policy, Planning & Research and the Academic Standards, Curriculum & Pedagogy committees are establishing a Future of Pedagogy Task Force. The task force is seeking faculty and student representatives.

New survey on climate change shows youth most motivated to take action

Feb 3, 2023

Learning for a Sustainable Future, a charity located at York University, has released the results of a new survey titled Canadians’ Perspectives on Climate Change & Education: 2022.

Faculty of Science celebrates excellence at annual ceremony

Feb 3, 2023

York University’s Faculty of Science recognized the academic, teaching and research excellence of students, faculty and staff during its annual Honours & Awards Ceremony.

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THE SCOOP

Feb 3, 2023

Professor Dennis Raphael in the Faculty of Health’s School of Health Policy & Management has published a paper that investigates factors driving variations in poverty rates among Canadian seniors in the journal Canadian Review of Social Policy

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research & Innovation

Declaration offers important consensus for reparations for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence

Feb 3, 2023

York researchers release the “Kinshasa Declaration,” a collaboratively developed, survivor-centred document on the right to reparation and co-creation for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in conflict situations.

Anti-Black bias can persist despite kids’ tendency to favour same-gender peers

Feb 1, 2023

Children as young as five years old can display more positive associations with white children over Black children on measures of unconscious bias and new research from York University finds.

Kids surprisingly adultlike in memory recall, York research shows

Jan 27, 2023

New research from York University shows that while older kids have a superior memory, children as young as four show evidence of the sophisticated technique known as “temporal clustering,” when recalling information.

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Teaching & Learning

Announcement of appointment of interim assistant vice-president, continuing studies (AVP)

Feb 1, 2023

Faculty invited to Globally Networked Learning info session

Jan 31, 2023

AIF funds a wide range of teaching and learning projects

Jan 26, 2023

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Spotlight@York

Drumroll… jazz virtuoso Terri Lyne Carrington this year’s Oscar Peterson Artist-in-Residence at York University

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UPCOMING EVENTS

February 07, 2023

Terri Lyne Carrington: Oscar Peterson Jazz Artist-in-Residence

February 07, 2023

Principles for Effective Leadership

February 08, 2023

GL Connect pour les étudiants noirs

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Take note

Winter reminder: keep windows closed

Feb 3, 2023

Deadline extended for President’s Research Award

Jan 14, 2023

Scott Library elevator refurbishment will continue until Feb. 3, 2023

Dec 7, 2022

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York in Focus

Welcome to the January 2023 issue of ‘Innovatus’

Jan 26, 2023

Welcome to the January 2023 edition of “Innovatus,” a special issue of YFile devoted to teaching and learning innovation at York University. “Innovatus” offers compelling and accessible feature-length stories about York University’s commitment to excellence in teaching, learning, internationalization and the student experience.